         ;; for example, (defn fill-language-by-spec) is passed a _spec_ param which, depending on the language's
         ;; writer implementation (e.g. babel.italiano/writer searches based on :comp and :head).
         target-language-sentence (if (:morph-walk-tree target-language-model)
-                                   (merge ((:morph-walk-tree target-language-model) target-language-sentence)
+                                   (clojure.core/merge ((:morph-walk-tree target-language-model) target-language-sentence)
                                           target-language-sentence)
                                    (do (log/warn (str "there is no morph-walk-tree function for the model:"
                                                       (:name target-language-model) " of language: "

(ns babel.writer
  (:refer-clojure :exclude [get-in merge])
  (:require
    [babel.encyclopedia :refer [sem-impl]]
    [babel.engine :as engine]

    [clojure.string :as string]
    [clojure.tools.logging :as log]
    [clojure.tools.namespace.repl :refer [refresh refresh-all]]
    [dag_unify.core :refer [fail? get-in remove-top-values strip-refs serialize unify ref?]]
    [korma.core :refer [exec-raw]]))

;; TODO: more fine-grained approach to dealing with exceptions:
